Cinema and Culture

Screen Encounters with More-than-Humans in the Era of Environmental Crisis

By: Mary Hegedus (Editor), Jessica Mulvogue (Editor)

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Paperback | 31 January 2026

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Motivated by the exigency of climate change, 'Cinematic Ecosystems: Screen Encounters with More-than-Humans in the Era of Environmental Crisis' takes cinema to be an audiovisual form whose creation and meaning are deeply connected to more-than-human worlds. As part of the third wave of ecocinema studies, this collection gathers contributions on multiple cinema forms from an international group of scholars and artists who offer diverse, critical perspectives that respond to the question: How does cinema help or hinder us in coming to know the more-than-human world?

The collection homes in on the concept of the ecosystem as a biological and technological system that comprises a network of inter-relational living and their inanimate elemental affordances to explore encounters with cinema as a material object and practice, a spectatorial experience, and a representational text. The chapters cover environmental topics that span five continents and multiple histories. This book will be of special interest to film studies scholars and artists interested in cinema and climate change, environmental justice, and posthumanism.

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An essential read for anyone invested in the evolving dialogue between cinema and ecology. With its richly textured exploration of the human and more-than-human worlds, "Cinematic Ecosytems" reveals how films can function as ecological systems and inspire new modes of coexistence. Its global scope places it squarely at the forefront of third-wave ecocinema studies, offering a compelling vision of how ecological narratives are being reimagined across cultures and continents.

Dr. Stephen Rust

University of Oregon and Oregon State University

An exciting contribution to the growing field of ecocinema studies, this collection brings focus to bear on a complex, urgent subject through a set of well-written chapters from emerging and established scholars.

Dr. Jennifer Lynn Peterson

Professor, Filmmaking Program

Woodbury University

Brimming with fresh insights and attuned to the expansive terrain of eco-cinema studies, this collection offers a tendrilled and tantalizing body of scholarship. Across its pages, we are immersed in an extraordinary ecosystem of ideas that reframe the natural world-tethering ecocritical thought to image, sound, matter, and the senses in inspiring and invigorating ways.

Dr. Selmin Kara

University of California at Santa Cruz

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